Tristran’s answer to Primus’s question is telling. He no doubt doesn’t want to share the whole truth with Primus, in following the little hairy man’s instructions earlier to be vague. But he’s still telling the truth: he now sees the star as a human being worthy of respect, and he knows he offended her by capturing her. Interestingly, he also suggests that he still believes that his future is in Wall, despite how comfortable he otherwise is in Faerie. Finally, the fact that “unicorns are the moon’s creatures” adds meaning to Tristran’s dream at the beginning of this chapter. It suggests the moon—a living being, in this world—sent the unicorn to care for the star.